Mayor Gregor Officially Opens the W2 Media Centre

Mayor Gregor Robertson walked up to the podium, took out his iphone and told the gathered media to “Say cheese.” He snapped a photo of the audience and said, “We are all media.” And with that he welcomed the non-accredited media to the W2 Media Centre. Typically the accredited media have a comparatively luxurious centre [...]

Those For and Against Olympics Join Forces to Solve Homelessness

How to bring the same amount of energy and resources that went into the Olympics to the problem of solving homelessness in Vancouver? That was the subject of a panel last night at the First United Church on Hastings. And although the mayor showed up, missing were many of the key public officials who could [...]

One Hot Premier and a Charismatic Canadian Flag Bearer Named Clara Hughes

The media briefing area was jammed with hordes of media people. I could feel the heat rising from too many bodies in a too small place. Add  the television camera lighting and the story was getting hotter by the minute. At least the reporters were. As I walked in I saw the coach of the [...]

Breakfast with the Honourable (and humourous) George Abbott and the BC Chamber of Commerce

The previous BC Chamber of Commerce breakfast with a Cabinet Minister featured the Honourable Kevin Falcon, Minister of Health Services. He arrived to the breakfast meeting late and while approaching the podium exclaimed about the amount of traffic coming downtown. I thought that was pretty amusing since he was BC’s Minister of Transportation. Would this month’s guest Cabinet [...]

New postings at The Vancouver Observer

We at The Left Coast are contemplating writing a weekly blog post for the Vancouver Observer. However, the sad fact is that the editorial team that was behind The Left Coast have really dried up as a source for discussion and so now, when we say “we”, well, it is more “me”. I am the [...]